Jinya Section, Bed 4, Fengshan County (Triassic of China)

Where: Guangxi, China (24.6° N, 106.9° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 96.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Banna Formation, Bithynian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• 6.2 m thick in lower member, Banna Formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, black, gray shale

• Black and dark grey thin-bedded shales

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: J. H. Chen and T. Komatsu. 2002. So-called Middle Triassic "Claraia" (Bivalvia) from Guangxi, south China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 41(3):434-447 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96997: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.07.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae
Leiophyllites sp.
Leiophyllites sp. Diener 1915 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae
Acrochordiceras sp.
Acrochordiceras sp. Hyatt 1877 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Hollandites sp.
Hollandites sp. Diener 1907 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Japonitidae
Japonites sp.
Japonites sp. Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Periclaraia jinyaensis n. sp.
Periclaraia jinyaensis n. sp. Chen and Komatsu 2002 scallop